Tex Avery : a unique legacy, 1942-1955 /
Floriane Place-Verghnes.
- Eastleigh, UK : John Libbey Pub., (c)2006. Bloomington, IN : Distributed in North America by Indiana University Press
- 1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Sec. 1. A foreward on the generic context: The cartoon-making technique -- The cartoon before Tex. -- Sec. 2. The uniqueness of Text Avery's testimony: Tex Avery's Americanness: an attempt to retrieve the past -- Facing contemporary politics -- Tex Avery's unique viewpoint on good, evil, and morality. -- Sec. 3 On sex and gender: Freundian pansexualism: concepts of activity / Reduction of womanhood into two types: The destructive power of women -- Oedipal relationships and their consequences -- Sec. 4. Tex Avery's unique comic strategies: The burlesque heritage -- Towards a pragmatic relation with the audience -- The provisional nature of the Averian universe -- Conclusion. passivity --
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